Task Area 1 - IT Services for Biomedical Research, Health Sciences, and Healthcare

The objective of this task area is to support Biomedical Research, Health Sciences
and Healthcare by performing studies and analyses and providing operational, technical,
and maintenance services for the systems, subsystems, and equipment, some of which
interface with, and are extensions to, information systems throughout the federal
government. A comprehensive, but not limited, sampling of work to be performed under
this task area is shown below:

Health Sciences Informatic and Computational Services

Health Communication Support Services and Enhancements to Facilitate Integration
and Data Exchange at the Federal, State, and Local Level

Integration of Health Systems Across Federal Agencies and Public and Private Healthcare
Systems

Modernization and Enhancement of Existing Health IT Legacy Systems

Automation of Administrative and Clinical Processes

Biomedical Information Services

Biomedical Modeling, Visualization, and Simulation

Biosurveillance and Disease Management Support

Scientific Computing Services

IT Clinical Support Services

Telemedicine (e.g., mobile health/mHealth)

Healthcare Payment Processes and Fraud and Abuse in Medical Claims

Health Emergency Preparedness and Response to Include IT Support for Epidemic and
Bio-Terrorism Simulations, Emergency Response Training, Exercise Support, etc.

Task Area 2 - Chief Information Officer (CIO) Support

The objective of this task area is to support Chief Information Officers (CIOs) in implementing laws, regulations, and polices and to facilitate evolving CIO practices. A comprehensive, but not limited, sampling of work to be performed under this task area is shown below:

Task Area 3 - Imaging

The objective of this task area addresses systems and services that support the
collection, storage, and retrieval of digital images. Digital images can include
scanned documents, medical images, geographical information systems, video, and
photographs. A comprehensive, but not limited, sampling of work to be performed
under this task area is shown below:

Task Area 4 - Outsourcing

The objective of this task area is to provide the Information Technology (IT) infrastructure
and IT services required to assume management and operations of government IT resources
and IT business functions. A comprehensive, but not limited, sampling of work to
be performed under this task area is shown below:

Task Area 5 - IT Operations and Maintenance

The objective of this task area is to support the operation and maintenance of IT
systems, keeping IT systems viable with supported vendor releases or off-the-shelf
applications software upgrades. Operations and maintenance on IT systems shall include
all software and hardware associated with mainframes, client/server, web-based applications,
and networking. A comprehensive, but not limited, sampling of work to be performed
under this task area is shown below:

Task Area 6 - Integration Services

The objective of this task area is to support the development and deployment of
integrated information systems, which includes the integration of technical components,
information technology components, organizational components and documentation.
Integration projects can support a wide range of agency functions. In the healthcare
and research domain, medical imaging systems, patient management systems, clinical
management systems, and laboratory management systems are often provided via integration
of commercial components with existing infrastructure. A comprehensive, but not
limited, sampling of work to be performed under this task area is shown below:

The objective of this task area is to support the protection of critical infrastructure, assurance of agency information, and operations that protect and defend information and information systems by ensuring confidentiality, integrity, availability, accountability, restoration, authentication, non-repudiation, protection, detection, monitoring, and event react capabilities. A comprehensive, but not limited, sampling of work to be performed under this task area is shown below:

Task Area 8 - Digital Government

The objective of this task area is to support government services that are provided
through digital, electronic means, creating a transparent interaction between government
and citizens (G2C – government-to-citizens), government and business enterprises
(G2B – government-to-business enterprises) and government interagency relationships
(G2G - government-to-government). A comprehensive, but not limited, sampling of
work to be performed under this task area is shown below:

Task Area 9 - Enterprise Resource Planning

The objective of this task area is to support the implementation of enterprise management
applications and systems in the federal environment, which are integrated software
applications used to control, monitor, and coordinate key business activities across
an enterprise. These applications generally fall into the following categories:
Financials, Human Resources, Logistics, Manufacturing, and Projects. A comprehensive,
but not limited, sampling of work to be performed under this task area is shown
below:

ERP Package Implementation

Integration of Business Systems

Business Consulting Services

Business Transformation and Business Process Reengineering

Business Systems Modernization

IT Software Package Selection

ERP IT Infrastructure

ERP Infrastructure Planning, Installation, and Tuning

Performance Load Testing

ERP End User Training

Task Area 10 - Software Development

The objective of this task area is to develop customized software applications,
database applications, and other solutions not available in off-the-shelf modular
software applications. A comprehensive, but not limited, sampling of work to be
performed under this task area is shown below: